Mealey's ( February 27, 2023, 1:04 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 27 declined to decide questions about federal officer removal jurisdiction raised by a group of oil companies who argued in a petition for a writ of certiorari that their removal of state law environmental claims was proper under federal officer jurisdiction because they were acting under the direction of federal officers when producing oil in Louisiana during World War II....